Can multistakeholder governance help avoid platform “capture” of web? | If IAB Tech Lab won’t control UID2, who will?

Mar 25, 2022 | governance, Privacy Beat, trust, Uncategorized

  Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER   (ABOVE: Screen capture, March 24, 2022) Multistakeholder governance to stop web “capture” by dominant intermediaries? Clues in Berjon’s expert personal post Technologies governed by...

Biden-advised commission says federal law should require “opt-in” consent; change would disrupt $370-billion advertising industry

Feb 26, 2022 | governance, Privacy Beat, regulation

  Biden-advised bipartisan commission says federal law should require “opt-in” data consent; result would disrupt $370-billion advertising industry Online companies should by law have to get “opt-in” permission to collect, share, disclose or use personal data,...

Facebook and Mozilla propose alternative to browser control of ad measurement and privacy; LMC’s NewsPassID reports pilot results

Feb 14, 2022 | Uncategorized

Facebook and Mozilla propose alternative to browser control of ad measurement and privacy; LMC’s NewsPassID reports pilot results TO VIEW A CLEANER FORMAT OF THIS WEEK’S PRIVACY BEAT USE THIS LINK. A fundamental twist in efforts to maintain effective...

Consumer Federation calls in detailed report for ban on “surveillance” advertising, citing privacy, discrimination, ID theft

Aug 30, 2021 | advertising, identity, privacy, Privacy Beat, regulation, technology

      Consumer Federation calls in detailed report for ban on “surveillance” advertising, citing privacy, discrimination, ID theft Backed by eight narrative fact sheets full of links and citations — a diagram (above), and a detailed...

TRACKING: New W3C discussion ponders whether tracking is necessary for good user experience; is policy governance over tech needed?  

Aug 20, 2021 | advertising, identity, Privacy Beat, trust

New W3C discussion ponders whether tracking is necessary for good user experience; is policy governance over tech needed?   By Bill Densmore Posted: Aug. 20, 2021 Launching into its first substantive meeting, participants in a web-standards discussion group pondered...